Health at school. The teacher opinion

Preliminary study in public and private institutions of the Miranda State. Venezuela

Abstract

According to ENCOVI (2018) and the Bengoa Foundation (2019), our country is going through a complex humanitarian crisis, characterized by a situation of multidimensional poverty, which is 48%. In this context, the School is the ideal place and one of greater responsibility for the achievement of a comprehensive health in children and allows the consolidation of habits that improve their quality of life, present and future. The research was based on a study by survey, during 2018, to teachers, in 24 Basic Education institutions: public (70.6%), private-subsidized (29.4%), medium-low socioeconomic stratum, located in the Miranda-Venezuela state. The information was collected through three questionnaires with emphasis on the frequency and Likert scale: (a) nutritional evaluation, (b) the teacher as nutritional guardian, and (c) the school as a health promoter. Based on the indicators proposed by De Tejada and Col (2013) and WHO (2006). The internal consistency indices were 0.880; 0.794 and 0.842, respectively (SPSS, version 21). The results indicate: (a) teachers perceive nutritional deficiencies, not generalized, with affection of the physical condition in general, emotional and psychomotor health in children; (b) little presence (< 50%) of programs promoting integral health in schools; (e) The increase in diseases is observed in a worrying way: diarrhea (29% ^), and influenza (36% ^), caries (46% ^), pediculosis (lice) (64% ^), stress, aggression and irritability (27% ^) and malnutrition (55% ^).